Holder for telephone-receivers.



K. G. TOWNSEND. HOLDER FOR TELEPHONE RECEIVERS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN- 27, 19!]- Patented Dec. 18,1917.

KATHARINE Gr. TOWNSEND, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOLDER FOR TELEPHONE-RECEIVERS.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

Y Application filed January 27, 1917. Serial No. 144,850.

resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in .vertical posltion of the receiver as well Holders for Telephone-Receivers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object the production of a holder for telephone receivers which shall be simple in construction, of low costto manufacture and by means of which the receiver may be proximity to the ear of the wearer of the device thus enabling the wearer to hear the telephoneconversation perfectly while permitting him the free use ofboth hands.

. A further object ofthe invention is the production of a device. of the character above described which shall have means adapted to permit a variation or adjustment of the as means adapted to permit a variation or adjustment of the horizontal position of the same to suit the convenience of the wearer.

A further object of the invention is the construction of a above described which shall have means for supporting the receiver in operative position without the necessity of actually fastening or strapping the receiver to the device.

To the above ends my invention consists in the novel construction of holder for telephone receivers hereinafter more particularly described and then specified in the claims.

' In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section (partly in elevation) of my improved holder taken on the line 11 of Fig. 2.

. Fi 2 is a side elevation of the holder showing the receiver supported thereby and in operative position.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the pivot for holding the supporting piece for the receiver to a rod adapted to telescope within a hollow standard to be presently described.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal cross-section of the rod referred to in Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly the several figures of the drawing in which like figures 0 reference refer to corresponding parts in i all the views:

1 indicates a yoke adapted to fit over a shoulder of the wearer of the device, the

placed in close.

telephone receiver 7 conforming in shape to. t eof the receiver so that device of the character the recelver may be fit sn11gly therein. If

arms or sides thereof extending downwardly over the chest and back of the wearer and preferably conforming in shape to the figure of the wearer. -I preferablyconstruct the yoke of a spring sheet metal so that the sides thereof will firmly grip the body .of the wearer of the device and thus firmly hold the same in position on the shoulder. In somecases, however, the device may be held in position by means of a chain 1', as is illustrated, which is fastened to, the lower end of one of the sides of the yoke and which is adapted to be passed under the arm wearer and'then fastened to a hook-on the end of the other side of the yoke. If so desired and for the purpose of securing lightness in weightsaid sides may be out out as at 2, 3 as is illustrated. Mounted on said yokes 1 and securely fastened thereto is a hollow standard 4 having a vertical slot 5 cut in the wall thereof.

6 indicates an elongated U-shaped supporting piece enlarged at one end and ada ted to receive and support the barrel 0 a said U-shaped su porting piece shape of the barrel so desired, said supporting piece may be made of a spring metal so as to firmly grip the receiver. To secure lightness in weight the body portion of the supporting piece is prefe'rbaly cut away as at 8. .Fastened to said supporting piecet are the downwardly extending ears 9 pivotally mounted on a rod 10 and held thereto by axpivot 11 extending through said ears and through a hole 12 passing transversely through said rod 10. The end of said pivot 11 is screwthreaded as shown and is adapted to receive a nut 13 the loosening of which will permit the turning of the supporting piece 6 on the pivot 11 in order to regulate or adjust the horizontal position of the supporting piece 6 when desired. To preventthe turning of the pivot. 11 when the nut 13' is loosened or tightened, a recess 14 (Fig. 4) is cut in the body being adapted to receive to the pivot 11.

The rod 10 the standard 4 and is provided with a screwthreaded hole 16 for receiving the shank of the thumb-screw 17 which passes through the slot 5. Obviously, the vertical position of the U-shaped supporting the lug 15 secured of the piece 6 may be of the rod 10, said recess is adapted to telescope within varied or adjusted that the head may be turned or moved a measure only the results attained by the practice of my invention and which permit the wearer the free use of both hands while carryin on his conversation but these devices aslde from being unsightly and cumbersome, are objectionable in that because of their weight in some cases,'and because of the firmness with which head on others, headache. foregoing description that my device is not a head-fastening in any sense of the word. In fact no part of the device is fastened to or contacts with the head of the wearer so away device they produce fatigue and from the receiver and from the whenso desired.

It will also be manifest from the foregoing descri tion that the receiver restsin the-U-shape supporting piece and is held in operative position thereby without the necessity of employing straps or clamps or any fastening devices so that the receiver may be easily and expeditiously placed in position or removed. Also the position of the supporting piece 6 may be so adjusted by means of the vertical and horizontal means hereinbefore described that the head of the telephone receiver may be brought into as close proximity with the ear of the wearer of the device as is desired. When the supporting piece is turned at an angle from the horizontal the receiver is prevented from slipping out of its sup orted or operative position by means of the shoulders which are present on the ends of the convarious forms of headthey clasp the It will be understood from the scribed such being for the pu ose of'-illus-' tratio n only, but various modi cations may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. I at I claim as my invention is 1. In a holder for telephone receivers, a yoke havin spring ed to exten downwardly over the back and chest of the wearer and to grip the body of the wearer, an elongated pivoted to said yoke for supporting the bar'- rel of the telephone receiver and adapted to be rocked on its pivot in a verticalplane to vary the height and means for tion of said support. 2. In a holder for telephonereceivers, a yoke having sheet metal arms adapted to extend downwardly over the back and chest of the wearer, a standard mounted onsaid yoke, a rod adapted to standard,' a U-shaped support pivoted to said'rod for receiving and. supporting the telephone receiver, means for adjusting the v rtical position of said support and a chain fastened to one of the arms of said yoke and adapted to be detachably secured t the other of said arms.

Signed at New York, in the county of supporting piece 6.

of the head of said receiver adjusting the vertical posi-' .telescope in said sheet metal arms adapt- U-shaped support New. York and State of New York, this 24th day of January, A. D. 1917.

KATHARINE G. TOWNSEND. Witnesses:

F. B. Townsnnn,

Innnn Lowrrz. 

